Seed-collecting device



Aug. 2s, 1923. 1,466,556

P. M. IKELER ET AL v SEED COLLECTING DEVICE Filed April 17'. 1922 2 sheets-sheet 1 ArraR/vfr Aug. 2s, 1923, 1,466.556 P. M. IKELER ET AL V x SEED COLLECTING DEVICE Filed April 17. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY;

Patented Aug.. 28, 1923.

srarrs PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP lll. IKELER AND HERBERT D. IVICDONLD, OF IJIOSELLE, MISSISSIPPI.

SllEDCOBLEUEINGV DEVICE.

Application filed April 17, 1922. Serial No. 553,486.

` T 0 all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that we, PHiLrr M. Innern and HERBERT D. MoDoNALD, citizens of the United States, residing'at Moselle, in the county of Jones and State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Seed-Collecting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

Our present invention pertains to agricultural implements, and it contemplates the provision of a device to be used in connection with a mower machine through the medium of which clover seed and the like may be quickly land easily collected and saved during the mowing operation and harvesting of said seed.

The invention further contemplates the provision of a device that will require the expenditure of no more labor than is necessary for the ordinary harvesting operationy and one that will safelyl collect and store the seed. Y

The invention in all of its details will be fully understood from the following descrip tion and claims'when the same are read in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification in which:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our device.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectiontaken.

near the left hand side of the machine.

Figure 4 is a rear elevation of our invention. Y'

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the views of the drawings.

Our present device is secured to one side frame bar 1 of a mowing machine, which bar is arranged below the axle 2 and extends forwardly beyond the ground gripping wheel 3 on said axle 2 as shown in Figure 2, and our improvements are connected to the axle shaft 2 by means of a universal joint 5 and at the forward end of our device we provide the cutter bar or teeth 4 that are adapted to be directed at various angles with respect to the ground. The axle 6 is secured to the inclined frame 13 of our improvements by means of the connections 14 and near its free end the'axle 6 is provided with a traction wheel 7 and on its extreme end with a pulley or wheel 25. This wheel 25 is splined on axle 6 and during rotation of wheel 7 rotary motion will be imparted to wheel 25 thereby.

Mounted and secured to the forward end of the inclined bars 13 by means of connections 15 is an axle 16 and mounted on this axle is a pulley 19' and on its extreme outer end the axle 1G is provided with the small pulley 23 and a belt 24 imparts power from the pulley 25 to pulley 23 and said power is in turn imparted to pulley-19 on axle 16. y Y I Mounted in a similar manner on the bars 18 at the rear end of the machine through connections-17 is an axle 18 bearing the pulley 2O over which travels the belt 21 having the slats 22 equi-distantly arranged thereon. This belt21vimparts motion to the pulley 2O from pulley 19. By reference to Figure 4 it will be seen that the bars 13, pulleys 19 and 20 are., arranged on both sides of the machine and that the belt 21 we arrange a seed receiving box 9 having a y lid 10 that is hinged at 11 and is also foraminous as indicated by 12.

At its forward end the box 9 is provided with the open panI 8 upon which the seeds falln from the cutting blade 4.

` In thepractioal use of the invention, the mower with our improvements attached is driven over a field and the blade 4 will cut the clover seed or the like. The seed will naturally fall into pan 8 and the cleats 22 of belt 21 will lforce-the cuttings over the lid 1() of box9. Manifestly vthe seed will dropA through the openings 12 of lid 10 where theymay be safely stored during the mowing operation.

The belt 21 will derive motion through pulleys 19 and 2O of shafts 16 and 1S which shafts in turn derive power from pulleys 23 and 25 on axles 16 ando respectively.

It will be nranifest that movement of the mower will actuatethe axle 6 at time of'cutting of' the'clover or the like, and cause the various pulleys to move the belt 21 and thus draw the seed into the box 9 and hence ever, will fall from the cover of the box to thegroundto be cured or dried.

It will be further manifest from the forekautomatically cut the ripe seed and store v lsame in the box 9. The clover itself howgoing;` that the device is simple in construction and operation and may be readily and easily attached to a mowing machine and will require noV more labor than that at present used for mowing operations.

Having described our invention, what we e aiin and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is l. ,ln a device for automatically @athen ing und storing` seeds, or the like, the combination oi? e mowing maf'fhine, a sha-ift secured by a universel joint to the axle of the mowing ins chine, bers depending 'forwardly troni the shaft, a traction wheel arranged on one end oiE the shaft, a pulley splined to the shaft, shafts arranged near the forwerd end rear end of the bars, pulleys arang'ed on the last nenied shafts, an endless belt having` cleats thereon and passed around the pulleys, a oonipaatively sniall pulley arran; ed on one of the last-named shafts, a belt passing on the small pulley and also over the pulley ot' the irst named shaft, cntting` bars arranged below and in advance of' all ot' the pulleys, a pan adapted to receive seed troni the cutting bars, and a box arranged in rear of the pan and having e foraininous upper wall, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. ln a device for the purpose set forth, the combination with the axle and traine of a vehicle, a shaft secured by a universal joint to said axle, bars inclined from the shaft, a traction wheel splined to the shaft, a pulley arranged on the shaft, shafts connected to the bars, pulleys arranged on each end oit the last named shafts, a belt having cleats thereon extending from one to the other of said pulleys, a small pulley mounted on one' oi" the lest named shat'ts, :a belt tor imparting motion troni the i'irst nained shaft to the sniall pulley and a boi; arranged below the second named shafts and having a foraminous top therein.

in testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence ot' f, o subscribing witnesses.

PHILIP M. KELER. HERBERT D. MCDONALD. lWitnesses Nia M. WILLIAMS, D. WV. Humm-UNS. 

